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PAS: Forget JITN, expedite political financing bill instead
Published:  Oct 2, 2017 9:53 AM
Updated: 2:19 AM

PAS has questioned the need for the government to set up the National Integrity and Management Department (JITN).

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said Minister in Prime Minister's Department, Paul Low, is better off expediting the Political Donations and Expenditure Act (PDEA) instead of trying to set up a new department.

Setting up a new government department is also at odds with the government's efforts to cut spending, Tuan Ibrahim said, even if it is only an upgrade for the existing Integrity and Good Governance Divison of the Prime Minister's Department.

"If the government has excess funds, PAS suggests that it is more beneficial to channel it towards increasing staff and allocations for the MACC, which is the main agency combating graft in the country," he said...

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